by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Sep 5, 2024 | frankfurt school, horkheimer
Traditional and Critical Theory Max Horkheimer Outline by Philip Turetzky, turetzky@colostate.edu Traditional Theory & Natural Science: 1) Theory is the sum of propositions linked in a system (basic and derived), where derived propositions are consonant with the...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Feb 11, 2023 | bookchin, caucus, decentralization, ecology, hayek, housing, human action, infrastructure, planning, pollution, public choice, social liberty
The Libertarian Party (US): a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government. The party was conceived in August 1971 at meetings in the home of David F....
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jan 12, 2023 | foldvary, georgism, pollution, stewardship
The social cost of the tax that pays for the subsidy is greater than the gain to the buyers, because the extra buyers are able to to buy it at less than the market price. A subsidy lets people buy stuff below the price that would be set in a market. In a free market,...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jan 9, 2023 | foldvary, public choice
[ Fred E. Foldvary, Dept. of Economics, Santa Clara University, and School of Management John F. Kennedy University, California. Bradley Fellow, Center for Study of Public Choice, 1989-91. ] In the Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jan 4, 2023 | mises, planning
1. Planning as a Synonym for Socialism The term ‘planning’ is mostly used as a synonym for socialism, communism, and authoritarian and totalitarian economic management. Sometimes only the German pattern of socialism — Zwangswirtschaft — is...
